San Juan Capistrano Ca Security

Two young children were playing by themselves in a nearly empty park. A battered pickup with two rough-looking men inside was parked nearby. Pedaling through the park on a recent afternoon, Jim Easley, 72, and John Fena, 65, had no proof that the youngsters were in danger. But they scooped them up anyway and sent them home because "we'd just rather be safe about it," Easley said.

Two young children were playing by themselves in a nearly empty park. A battered pickup with two rough-looking men inside was parked nearby. Pedaling through the park on a recent afternoon, Jim Easley, 72, and John Fena, 65, had no proof that the youngsters were in danger. But they scooped them up anyway and sent them home because "we'd just rather be safe about it," Easley said.